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Gomez is ITMFA - in the mood for acronyms - as you can see by our headline.

Now we shall translate.

Kenny Ortega, who is probably the most famous Latino entertainer unknown to most people older than 25, took home the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award this weekend for best movie for High School Musical 3 - which means we should not have placed this post under TV, except that the musical movie started off as a popular TV show.

Ortega is the Emmy-winning director, producer, choreographer and creator of the incredibly popular HSM franchise. At nearly 60 years of age, Ortega started his career working with Gene Kelly, and later choreographed Dirty Dancing and much more. A news story out of India today says he is currently working with Michael Jackson to get him back in shape. He is nothing if not dedicated.

Gomez thinks Ortega is a genius whose day has arrived, and we welcome the return of the musical to US popular culture. We are tired of driving with our kids in the car and being unable to listen to anything on popular radio because we don't like fielding questions like "why is she licking him like a lollipop?" or "how does he spin her head right round when he goes down, mommmy?" from a seven-year-old.

Ortega is helping bring clean romance and fun back to teen culture, and that can't hurt. Please note Gomez is not prude; we just think children should be sheltered so that they can have something proper to rebel against when they grow up.